Researchers from University of London, Imperial College report on findings in diabetes.

Blood Weekly | November 5, 2009 | Copyright

"Diabetes aggravates the impact of elevated BP (blood pressure) on the microcirculation, and people of African ancestry with diabetes are more susceptible to microvascular damage than Europeans. In the present study, we investigated possible differences in the retinal microcirculation in people of European and African-Caribbean ethnicity with diabetes that might account for this," scientists writing in the journal Clinical Science report (see also Diabetes).

"A total of 51 subjects with Type 2 diabetes (age 40-65 years; 25 male; 29 African-Caribbean) were studied. ...

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